Christmas Activities

With the Christmas season approaching we have been very busy.  Every year we have taken Mia to get her picture taken with Santa.  This year she was really excited to see Santa until it was her turn and Monty went to put her on his lap.  She decided this year that Santa is a little scary.  She loves to wear her Santa Claus hat though.

 My parents came down from Idaho for my mom's family Christmas party. 

 We had lots of snacks, dinner, and just kind of hung out.

 The next day we drove up to Idaho for my dad's family Christmas party.  The Heslin family (my mom's) is loud and crazy.  The Cobbley family (my dad's) is the exact opposite.  Everyone just sat around quietly eating their food.  Mia was the only one there with much rambunctious energy.

 While we were in Idaho we got a 4 generation picture.  My grandpa is 96 years old now, and still surprisingly sharp for his old age.

 The past few years we have gone to the see the Christmas Village in Ogden.  It is at a park in downtown Ogden and there are a bunch of Christmas lights and little houses/booth type things each with a different Christmas scene in it.  We bundled Mia up tight and headed out again this year.

 Mia did really good for about 45 minutes and then she looked at us and said "Done."  She told us she was done a few more times and then really started throwing a fit before we made it all the way through and headed back home.  However she was still toasty warm when we put her back in the car...unlike her parents.

 Mia has a new favorite toy.  It's the massive box that the filters for our furnace came in.  She has spent a lot of time playing with her new box.  Both in...

 And on top.

We also bundled up to go to Temple Square to see the lights there.

 Such a beautiful sight.

 Mia liked the nativity scenes and would point and say Jesus at many of them.

 This month Mia also got her very first haircut.  She had to sit on my lap because she thought the chair was a little scary but she did great.  She looks so much older with her haircut and it is so nice to finally have her hair out of her face.  We knew Susan from our student ward when we lived in Ogden and she does such an awesome job!